SAM #NB6710202602024

NIST Market Research for Wearable Full-Body IMU Motion Capture Systems

NIST's Communications Technology Laboratory, Public Safety Communications Research Division, is seeking information from industry regarding the supply of wearable full-body IMU motion capture systems for public safety communications research. - Government Buyer: - National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) - Communications Technology Laboratory, Public Safety Communications Research Division - Advanced Communications Research Group (671.02) - Products/Services Requested: - Two wearable, portable full-body IMU motion capture suits - Each suit must have at least 17 sensors - 60 Hz sampling rate - Standard calibration and reporting of magnetic interference/drift performance - Export of time-series motion data - SMPTE timecode synchronization - Joint angle RMSE reporting - Minimum 3 minutes continuous recording - Minimum 20 meters operating range - Offline operation capability - Integration with Unity or Unreal Engine - 20 units of sizing expansion clothing (redundant sets in S, M, L, XL) - Single 3-year software license - Unique/Notable Requirements: - System must operate without fixed optical camera infrastructure - Flexible data collection in various environments - Delivery, installation, and training required within 30 days after order - Acceptance confirmed within 7 business days after delivery - Respondents are encouraged to provide feedback on requirements, evaluation factors, and commercial pricing - No specific OEMs or vendors are mentioned in the notice - The opportunity is for market research and does not obligate NIST to procure

Description

Request for Information/Sources Sought Notice for Providers/Suppliers Wearable Full-Body Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) Motion Capture System

Notice ID: NB671020-26-02024

Contract Opportunity Type

Sources Sought

Response Date

7/16/2026

Product Service Code

5836—Video Recording and Reproducing Equipment

NAICS Code

334310–Audio and Video Equipment Manufacturing

BACKGROUND

This is a notice to request information from industry to help the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) determine the availability and capability of small businesses and other than small businesses to provide Wearable Full-Body IMU Motion Capture System to NIST Boulder site.

This notice is strictly to request information for market research purposes to help NIST determine the appropriate acquisition strategy for this requirement. This notice shall not be construed as a solicitation, an obligation, or commitment by the NIST.

OVERVIEW

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) require two wearable, portable full-body Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) motion capture suits. This system must function without fixed optical camera infrastructure to allow for flexible data collection in various environments. See attached draft Requirements/Specifications document.

ANTICIPATED PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

NIST anticipates that delivery, installation, and training will occur within 30 days after receipt of the order.

INFORMATION REQUESTED FROM INDUSTRY SOURCES:

NIST invites industry sources to review this notice carefully and to familiarize themselves with the draft requirements/specifications document. Thereafter, by the closing date of this notice, NIST encourages those sources to submit responses to lia.arthofer@nist.gov . Do not include proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information in a response to this notice.

Responses should be submitted to contain the following, in Microsoft Word format or in .pdf format, use 12-point font, with a page limitation of ten pages (excluding cover page and excluding standard commercial pricing information):

Cover page, including:

Sources Sought Notice number, title, and date of issuance Unique Entity ID Company name Company address Company website address Company points of contact and their phone number and email address Validation of company size status under NAICS: 334310 – Audio and Video Equipment Manufacturing. See table of business size standards at https://www.sba.gov/document/support-table-size-standards for more information. Indicate whether your company has an active registration for procurement purposes in sam.gov.

Provide any suggestions for NIST to consider for the draft requirements/specifications document, with the goal of improving the draft requirements/specifications document in a way that makes it clearer and as competitive as possible.

Provide any suggested evaluation factors for award that your company believes would be meaningful for NIST to consider using for the forthcoming competitive acquisition.

If your company has standard commercial pricing information (e.g., “catalog pricing”) for its standard commercial products/services, please provide a copy of it and explain what it includes. NIST will consider standard commercial pricing information to help it estimate a fair market price for the upcoming acquisition.

Your company may also provide an estimate for the draft requirements/specifications if you would like to do so; however, do not include a proposal for the draft requirements/specifications; a proposal submitted in response to this notice will not be considered.

If your company is a small business for the NAICS code included in this notice, indicate whether your company can comply with FAR clause 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting (OCT 2022), if this acquisition were to be conducted as a total small business set-aside and provide supporting explanation. See https://www.acquisition.gov/far/part-52#FAR_52_219_14 for the full text of this clause.

Indicate whether your company has a GSA Multiple Award Schedule contract or other federal contract under which NIST would be authorized to place an order and, if so, provide a copy of that contract (including contract number, name and contact information for contracting officer, contract SOW, contract terms and conditions and contract prices).

The NIST reserves the right to follow up on a one-on-one basis with respondents to request additional information or clarifications about information submitted.

Teaming Arrangements

Firms seeking to respond to this notice as part of a team must include the above-requested information for each entity.

Disclaimer

Industry sources must provide information in response to this notice voluntarily, and for fully authorized use without limitation by NIST. This notice does not obligate NIST to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. The NIST reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed. Information provided will be used to help NIST assess alternatives available for the potential requirement and may lead to the development of a solicitation. Respondents are advised that NIST is under no obligation to provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After a review of the responses received and other market research, NIST may publish a solicitation on SAM.gov or on GSA eBuy, depending on the approved acquisition strategy. Responses received after the closing date for this notice may not be considered for market research purposes.

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